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Leadinglights said:
It's not just the raisins but the other dried fruits as well, the dates, pineapple, papaya which are high carb. Being dried concentrates the sugar into less weight.
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There's actually not that much else other than raisins/sultanas, I'd be hard pressed to find any of the other dries fruits in the packets.
 
@Barfly there are some very knowledgeable and helpful people on this forum.
I think sometimes we forget to ask "how are you?"
Sure, dropping the raisins, replacing milk with yoghurt, cutting out the orange may help with your blood sugar levels but it is important to also look after your mental health. Managing diabetes is only part of looking after yourself.
Have you found you feel any different after the changes you have made? Do you have more energy for your Man Shed, NHS volunteering, granddaughter, ...? I feel exhausted just listing them.

Just remember to look after all of Barfly not just the diabetes.
 
Rather than drop the museli how about reducing the portion of the museli. I had a box of granola in the house and I found to tolerate I had to reduce by half the potion on packaging.I did it increments to find the right amount for me.
 
Barfly said:
As is said to @Leadinglights, yogurt is not going to happen...I know everyone means well, but that's a step too far, already dropped my toast and marmite which I thought was being soooo good..... Orange is for daily vitamin c and my mental health, I actually enjoy the orange/tangerine/satsumas.
I only have proper milk, the blue top, I have given up the proper milk that only comes in litres bottles, you know the yellow stuff that's like we used to have as gold top back when they did deliveries. Can't see the point of this green and red top c**p with all the goodness and guts removed from it.
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Gold top milk would be great! or add a drop of cream to the blue top. Perhaps have the orange later in the day? or spread it out throughout the day?
 
I suppose it all come down to whether you think the carbs are worth it for the enjoyment you get.
Some things are, some not so much so worth giving them a miss.
 
Your yogurt is my avocado - it doesn't matter how often I am told how good they are for me, I am not going to eat them! When we need to restrict what we eat, it is important that we enjoy what we do eat.
 
Barfly said:
The one I use is Jordan's Fruit and Nut Muesli in the purple box. Hard to come by, my local Waitrose are the only (intermittent) stockists. View attachment 18308

It does contain fruit, but has only 14g of sugar per 100g. My diabetes nurse said it was ok, so when it was on special I bought 6 boxes of it. I only eat 50g a day so it will take a while......
I did think about removing most of the raisins as they are the predominant dried fruit in it, that may help.
Thanks for your reply @Docb
Tony.
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Your nurse obviously doesn't understand the problem - it is 2/3rd carbohydrate, 61.2 percent by weight and a portion would be 27.5gm - that is equivalent to my dinner on the days when I have a dessert - and then you add an orange so it is probably way over one days carbs for me.
 
Barfly said:
@Docb
Thanks for the detailed response. If they are only a few quid, then I'll buy a few and check them out. Normally medical stuff is hundreds of £, but I suppose diabetes is so common they are cheap.

I spent 33 years in Aussie, repatriating in 2014 and I have noticed the strange reluctance here for the medics to give you any paperwork on your own health. In Aussie they inundate you with paperwork and give you all your x-rays and doppler printouts, they don't want to keep anything-just hand it all to you to look after.
It wasn't always like this, before we emigrated in 1982, we used to be given all our x-rays etc here too. It's really weird how that has changed.
Thanks for the tip on the Hba1c readout - I'll demand that from the surgery.
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You don't need to demand it if you register for patient access (if the new technologies have reached sleepy dorset, although they are available here in neighbouring hampshire!), or the NHS app - you can access your medical records/test results. They don't give out xrays as they are now all digital. And forget building yourself a device - I guess its easy enough but they use test strips that react with a substance, probably a protein of some description to change resistance the electronics then measure, the electronics is the easy part, the chemistry in the test strips is where the smarts come in.

Or you could try and design a wearable, although they insert a thin metal sterile filament into your arm and then pair with a meter or your smartphone, so your now into devop's. to code that one up Cheaper to buy one, unless your really bored. Rumour has it that apple are working on a glucose monitor to go into the next iteration of apple watch, but I am not sure how, probably be some approximation from skin moisture, doubt it will be overly accurate. Let's see, they have lots of resource to throw at the problem so you never know.

In terms of how it landed on you - i'd say that is pretty poor to be honest. Disgraceful even. As others have said, your supposed to build up to a final dose for metformin and they are supposed to keep an eye on how you react, if it churns your guts you can ask for the slightly more expensive slow release version. There is also a bunch of other things they are supposed to do pretty quickly after diagnosis, like check you for neuropathy, retinopathy, kidney damage and the like. I'd hound them over that. Really, you should be made an appointment with, as discussed elsewhere today on these forums, their loosely trained Diabetic nurse at the surgery.
 
Not all surgeries allow access to everything online. I have been registered for mine for a few years but don't have access to everything. I requested access to test results last month, had online reply they would look at it and could take 28 days, but not give yet.
 
grovesy said:
Not all surgeries allow access to everything online. I have been registered for mine for a few years but don't have access to everything. I requested access to test results last month, had online reply they would look at it and could take 28 days, but not give yet.
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Not sure the NHS app is via the surgeries. I think it's run by the NHS centrally. Just have to register with your NHS number if I remember correctly. Think everyone should have access to the app as at a minimum it holds your covid passport.
 
grovesy said:
Not all surgeries allow access to everything online. I have been registered for mine for a few years but don't have access to everything. I requested access to test results last month, had online reply they would look at it and could take 28 days, but not give yet.
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https://digital.nhs.uk/services/nhs-app - says on that website all GP surgeries are linked in to it.
 
BlueArmy said:
Not sure the NHS app is via the surgeries. I think it's run by the NHS centrally. Just have to register with your NHS number if I remember correctly. Think everyone should have access to the app as at a minimum it holds your covid passport.
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BlueArmy said:
https://digital.nhs.uk/services/nhs-app - says on that website all GP surgeries are linked in to it.
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I am not prepared to register with the NHS app and find I can no longer access my Systemonline that I use to order my prescriptions.
 
ok thats completely fair and your choice. But the point not all surgeries have it, to be clear, is not correct, just so others are not misled
 
I've just read that discussion and the contributor saying they couldn't access it, her husband is at the same surgery and he could. WIthout getting tied up in knots, I believe all doctors surgeries can do it, but some are less on the ball with administering it. Can't and don't being two different things. The platforms / technology is in place to do it, should they wish, I believe. If it wasn't - then the government could not provide a COVID passport to everyone who needs it.
 
OK, she is not referring to the GP records, I misread that.......however, they can do it, I think it's the rare rather than the many that can't seem to sort it out.
 
helli said:
@Barfly there are some very knowledgeable and helpful people on this forum.
I think sometimes we forget to ask "how are you?"
Sure, dropping the raisins, replacing milk with yoghurt, cutting out the orange may help with your blood sugar levels but it is important to also look after your mental health. Managing diabetes is only part of looking after yourself.
Have you found you feel any different after the changes you have made? Do you have more energy for your Man Shed, NHS volunteering, granddaughter, ...? I feel exhausted just listing them.

Just remember to look after all of Barfly not just the diabetes.
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Yes forget in our busy lives, I haven't noticed any changes at all in my health to be honest since change of diet and more exercise routines kicked in. I expected to feel better somehow-but no. Maybe it's just me - peculiar am I?
 
silentsquirrel said:
Gold top milk would be great! or add a drop of cream to the blue top. Perhaps have the orange later in the day? or spread it out throughout the day?
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Doh---dear oh dear don't get old.... no reason not to have it later in the day.....silly old duffer....
 
Hey everyone-I just want to say a big thanks to all on here for their help and for bothering.
Cheers Tony
 
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